The French Bryan Coquard, from the Cofidis team, He won this Monday the sprint in the second stage of the Tour of Switzerland, of 177.3 kilometers between Vaduz and Regensdorf and after which the Belgian Yves Lampaert (Soudal-Quick Step) continues as leader of the individual general classification.
Coquard, 32, won the second stage ahead of the Australian Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla), Belgian Arnaud de Lie (Lotto Dstny) and the Colombian Brandon Rivera (INEOS Grenadiers).
The Frenchman from Cofidis achieved his thirty-second professional victory, second in a UCI World Tour race after the fourth stage of the 2023 Tour Down Under, and the first of 2024.
Lampaert, who became the leader on Sunday by winning the first stage, remains first, with a 4-second margin over the British Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers) and 7 over a trio of cyclists led by the Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE Emirates).
This Tuesday the third of the eight stages takes place, 161.7 kilometers between Steinmaur and Rüschlikonwith three third-class ports in the final part of the route.
See also: Bryan Coquard won stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de Suisse
Tour of Switzerland 2024; stage 2: general classification
1. LAMPAERT Yves (Soudal Quick-Step) – 4:11:44
2. HAYTER Ethan (INEOS Grenadiers) at 4”
3. ALMEIDA João (UAE Team Emirates) at 7”
4. FISHER-BLACK Finn (UAE Team Emirates) at 7”
5. MATTHEWS Michael (TeamJayco) at 7”
6. WATSON Samuel (Groupama – FDJ) at 9”
7. BETTIOL Alberto (EF Education – EasyPost) at 9”
8. KÜNG Stefan (Groupama – FDJ) at 11”
9. SCHMID Mauro (Team Jayco AlUla) at 11”
10. KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren (Alpecin – Deceuninck) at 11”
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39. BERNAL Egan (INEOS Grenadiers) at 18”
40. RIVERA Brandon Smith (INEOS Grenadiers) at 19”
55. HIGUITA Sergio (BORA – hansgrohe) at 23”
74. RUBIO Einer (Movistar Team) at 28”
107. QUINTANA Nairo (Movistar Team) at 2’49”
